Performance Art Bergen

- Where were you born? South Korea
- Where do you live? Mysen
- What pronouns do you use? She

– What makes you work with performance?

I think my deep curiosity and interest in presence - now and here is what makes me work with performance.

– Do you have any rituals before performing?

Yes, I do. Meditation and greetings to sacred spirits in the performance space. 

– What was the best performance you have done so far? Why?

I think each performance is special in different ways. So it is difficult to choose only one. 

I especially appreciate and enjoy performances where I am guided by Nature like wind, rain and sun, dancing together with them where I can not control the external environment that allows me to be vulnerable, so, I just need to surrender to the presence - now and here and openly flow with universal guidance. I think to me, performances with such an open space where I can surrender and be vulnerable with my meditative and mindful state are the best. 

From this perspective, the performance "How to Carry Stones Project: Sky Dance" at the Summer Performance Camp 2022 in Finse, Norway organized by PAB where I danced together with strong wind was great and I will never forget it. And the other performance is called Birth-Way Project: Fairy bath in collaboration with Katarina Lisa at Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art for 50th Anniversary of Korea's Performance Art organized by Jeju International Experimental Arts Festival 2018. I had to dance with my bare foot in an outdoor space under the hot burning summer weather with over 40 degrees. It was unbearably hot to even just stand there with my bare foot. But during the performance, I managed to embrace the challenging situation and dance with it for about 20 minutes, forgetting about the unbearable burning floor and the hot weather. 

– Are you currently working on any performance?

Yes, I am working on a performance or a project called "How to Carry Stones Project" from 2020. 

“One moment your life is a stone in you, and the next, a star”. This project was inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke's poem called "Sunset", 

I explore trauma and its different roles in my life through this project, questioning:
How harmoniously can we carry stones inside ourselves while we carry stones in our hands simultaneously? 
Here, the stones in us we carry symbolize intense feelings/emotions that are connected with our inner work. 

In contrast, the stones in our hands symbolize our external daily tasks and works. 

How can the intense emotions caused by trauma be approached and explored artistically and philosophically in dance art practice?

– Can you give us a few names of performance artists who inspire you?
Joseph Beuys, Xie Rong, Chuyia Chia, Gustaf Broms and many more.